AzMarauder
01-13-2006, 10:20 PM
Well.. driving to work this morning.... I am on an undivided 4 lane with a center turn lane / suicide lane. (5 lane?) I am in the left lane with a telephone pickup truck (the ones with tool storage bed on it) in the right lane. We are approaching a side road to our right with a car sitting at a stop sign. The truck signals a right turn and changes into a right turn lane....
Then for no reason I can fathom.. the car sitting at the stop sign just enters the roadway attempting to make a left hand turn. I suppose he lost sight of me because of the truck....
:eek:
I was running 55 mph... slammed on the brakes... I already had visions of how badly this was going to hurt..... and then dove for the suicide lane!
I made the suicide lane... the other car.. well into my travelling lane now slammed on his brakes. Me... I'm cranking it back to the right to stay IN the suicide lane and not get into the oncoming lanes (which were briefly empty).
I missed him... tho I can tell you exactly how much he had eaten of the banana he was holding in his hand. Wife asked me if I blew the horn ( I can be quick on that device). I told her "No.. I thought I was going to be eating an airbag... so I didn't go for the horn... I just pointed my finger at him." :mad2:
The wife, ever quick on the uptake asked "WHICH FINGER?" :rolleyes:
Of course it was "THE FINGER" :whistle:
So all's well that ends well.... but it was a very close call. The 4400lb barge handled much better than I would have expected. I'd a been toast in either my TBird or my Fairlane... I am sure of it!
Then for no reason I can fathom.. the car sitting at the stop sign just enters the roadway attempting to make a left hand turn. I suppose he lost sight of me because of the truck....
:eek:
I was running 55 mph... slammed on the brakes... I already had visions of how badly this was going to hurt..... and then dove for the suicide lane!
I made the suicide lane... the other car.. well into my travelling lane now slammed on his brakes. Me... I'm cranking it back to the right to stay IN the suicide lane and not get into the oncoming lanes (which were briefly empty).
I missed him... tho I can tell you exactly how much he had eaten of the banana he was holding in his hand. Wife asked me if I blew the horn ( I can be quick on that device). I told her "No.. I thought I was going to be eating an airbag... so I didn't go for the horn... I just pointed my finger at him." :mad2:
The wife, ever quick on the uptake asked "WHICH FINGER?" :rolleyes:
Of course it was "THE FINGER" :whistle:
So all's well that ends well.... but it was a very close call. The 4400lb barge handled much better than I would have expected. I'd a been toast in either my TBird or my Fairlane... I am sure of it!